Timnit Gebru: Google ethics AI researcher fired, Why did Google fire her?

Timnit Gebru is a computer scientist by profession. She is an Ethiopian-American who is also popular for working at the Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team at Google. Recently she made it to the headline of the news as she resigned from Google in 2020 December.

Name Timnit Gebru
Gender Female
Nationality Ethiopian-American
Profession Ethical Artificial Intelligence
Siblings 2
Twitter @timnitGebru

In her career, she has also received a lot of awards and appreciation for the work she has done.  Timnit started her career in 2004 by working at Apple as an Audio Hardware Intern.

She is one of the most talented personalities from this field who has been doing a good job ever since the beginning of her career. Now from this article, we can get to known many interesting facts about her.

10 Facts on Timnit Gebru:

  1. Ethiopian-American Timnit Gebru is a computer scientist who is well known for working as the technical co-lead at google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team.
  2. Though her biography is available on Wikipedia there is no info about her age, date of birth, and birthday.
  3. However, it is known that she was born in Jigjiga, Ethiopia.
  4. When she was 5 years old her father died and she was raised by her mother only. She grew up with her mother and her two sisters.
  5. From her bio on the wiki, it is known that her father and her two older sisters worked as electrical engineers.
  6. As she used to work in one of the highest positions on google she must earn a huge amount of money. But her net worth is under review.
  7. Gebru is not available on Instagram but we can find her on Twitter where she is followed by 45 thousand people.
  8. In December 2020 she was fired by Google over a critical email.
  9. Though Gebru is one of the leading ladies in the industry she has kept her personal life far apart from the media.
  10. Hence, we do not know about her marriage or her husband.
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